CONCACAF U-17 championship

This article describes the CONCACAF Men's U-17 Championship ; for the women's competition, see CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship .

CONCACAF U-17 championship
Association	CONCACAF
First edition	1983
Teams	12
Game mode	Round-robin tournament (2 group phases) Knockout system (final)
Title holder	Mexico
Record winner	Mexico (8 wins)
Website	www.concacaf.com
Qualification for	U-17 soccer World Cup

The CONCACAF U-17 Championship ( English CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Championship ) is a football competition between the best teams in North and Central America and the Caribbean for male football players under the age of 17. In addition, the tournament will be used to qualify for the U-17 World Cup.

For the first time it was held in 1983 as a U-16 competition. The format of the tournament has changed several times over the years. From 1991 the competition was adapted to the FIFA age limits and played as an U-17 tournament. In the years 1999 to 2007, the tournament only served as a qualification for the U-20 World Cup and was thus held under the name Qualification for the FIFA U-17 World Cup . The tournament has been called the CONCACAF U-17 Championship since 2009 and took place with 8 teams, which were to determine the participants for the semi-finals in two groups of four. However, due to the influenza pandemic in 2009, no tournament winner was played, so that the already established qualification of the group first and second for the U-17 World Cup remained. In the 2011 draw, 12 teams in four groups of three took part in the tournament for the first time.

The tournaments at a glance

year	host	Final stands
		winner	Second place	third place	fourth place
held as a U-16 competition
1983 details	Trinidad and Tobago	United States	Trinidad and Tobago	Mexico	Honduras
1985 details	Mexico	Mexico	Costa Rica	Canada	Honduras
1987 details	Honduras	Mexico	United States	Costa Rica	Honduras
1988 details	Cuba	Cuba	United States	Canada	Trinidad and Tobago
held as a U-17 competition
1991 details	Trinidad and Tobago	Mexico	United States	Cuba	Trinidad and Tobago
1992 details	Cuba	United States	Mexico	Canada	Cuba
1994 details	El Salvador	Costa Rica	United States	Canada	Mexico
1996 details	Trinidad and Tobago	Mexico	United States	Costa Rica	Canada

Qualification for the U-17 World Cup

From 1999 onwards, the tournament mainly served to qualify for the World Cup. The format was changed and kept in this form until 2007. The best eight teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean were divided into two groups of four teams. Two separate tournaments were held in each of the participating countries, the two group winners or, if applicable, the winner of the play-offs between the two runners-up in the group qualified for the U-17 soccer world championship.

year	Group A			Group B
	host	winner	Second place	host	winner	Second place
1999 details	Jamaica	Jamaica	United States	El Salvador	Mexico	El Salvador
0002001 details	United States	United States	Canada	Honduras	Costa Rica	Mexico
2003 details	Canada	United States	Jamaica	Guatemala	Costa Rica	Mexico
2005 details	Costa Rica	United States	Costa Rica	Mexico	Mexico	Honduras
0002007 details	Honduras	Haiti	Honduras	Jamaica	United States	Costa Rica

1. ↑ In 2001 no play-off between the runners-up was necessary, as Trinidad and Tobago, as host of the U-17 World Cup, were automatically qualified as the third country of the Concacaf.
2. ↑ In 2007 no play-off between the runners-up was necessary, as for the first time four countries from the Concacaf were eligible for the U-17 World Cup.

CONCACAF U-17 championship

With the tournament in 2009, the mode was changed back to a single tournament in which all four semi-finalists qualify for the U-17 World Cup.

year	host	final			3rd place match
		winner	Result	Second place	third place	Result	fourth place
2009 details	Mexico	Mexico		United States	Honduras		Costa Rica
2011 details	Jamaica	United States	3: 0 a.d.	Canada	Panama	1-0	Jamaica
2013 details	Panama	Mexico	2: 1	Panama	Canada	2: 2 n.V., 4: 2 i. E.	Honduras
2015 details	Honduras	Mexico	3-0	Honduras	Costa Rica	not carried out	United States
2017 details	Panama	Mexico	1: 1, 5: 4 i. E.	United States		not carried out

1. ↑ ^{a b} Due to the influenza pandemic in 2009, the final round was not played.

Ranking list of winners

rank	country	title	Year (s)
1	Mexico	7th	1985, 1987, 1991, 1997, 2013, 2015, 2017
2	United States	3	1983, 1992, 2011
3	Cuba	1	1988
	Costa Rica	1	1994

• In 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 no tournament winners were played (only World Cup qualification).

Web links

• Details on rsssf.com